Salon Archive

November 2nd, 2025: Giant Heads

For Halloween horror artist Sydney Green shared a presentation on the horror trope that frightens her the most: giant heads.  This presentation included a list of her favorite giant heads in media...

October 5th, 2025: Structure and its Malleability

Structure and its MalleabilityHow important is a predetermined structure in your work? What is the dialogue (if any) between this structure and the intuition? Does the structure leave room for...

March 9th, 2025: Urban Ruptures

Glitch artist Dizz McGruber presents his collaboration with PJ Patton, Urban Ruptures: Glitched Realities, featured at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster.  “Our goal is to explore and push the...

January 5th, 2025: The Vows of Beasts

This month Sydney Green presented the final version of her comic book The Vows of Beasts. She shared insights into her process, influences, and inspiration. “Paloma is a young woman on the eve of her...

October 13th, 2024: Canadian Animation

This month’s first presenter is Sydney Green. She showed off a few animated shorts funded by the Film Board of Canada, and highlighted her favorite: “Madame Tutli-Putli” Directed by Chris Lavis and...

August 11th, 2024: Strange and Wonderful Buildings

Miya Bah lead a discussion on architecture that inspires her from across the world, including cathedrals, mosques, shrines, and residences from Tehran to Jeonju to Ohio. Image: “The Jeonju...

July 14th, 2024: Aura Soave…

Join contemporary composer Brandon Chow as he presents a recording of his recent work, Aura soave, which was performed at the Academie Domaine Forget in Charlevoix, Québec, as well as a discussion on...

June 9th, 2024: Between Panels

Join comic artist Sydney Green in a discussion about how author Emil Ferris utilizes the gaps between panels to tell stories. How do comic artists pass time between panels? How is motion conveyed?...

April 14th, 2024: Dreams and Subconscious Thought

In this salon Dizz McGruber would like to confront attendees with the question “Is your work who you think you are, or is it merely a stream of consciousness showing the world how you interpret things...